South Africa secured a consolatory 8-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Monday’s (28 Mar) dead-rubber played in Delhi.

Farhaan Behardien was the highest impact player, and bowler, of the match. He claimed two top/middle-order wickets in a relatively tight spell. Furthermore, his catch to dismiss Thisara Perera gave him Fielding Impact.

Aaron Phangiso, who was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’, was the second-highest impact player and bowler. Like Behardien, he also claimed two top/middle-order wickets. He broke a partnership too, but his spell wasn’t restrictive (in a match context) and that reduced his overall Bowling Impact . Imran Tahir, meanwhile, had the highest Economy Impact tonight.

All South African bowlers had a high impact as they effectively sealed the match at half-time.

Hashim Amla was, unsurprisingly, the highest impact batsman of the match. He was the top-scorer by a fair distance and had Partnership-Building Impact .

Tillakaratne Dilshan was Sri Lanka’s highest impact player. He played a lone hand with the bat, contributing to 30% of their score and also effecting a run out.

Based on each side’s performance, South Africa had a whopping 291% higher impact than Sri Lanka in the match – indicative of how thoroughly Sri Lanka were outplayed. South Africa had nine players with a Match Impact of more than 1 (minimum impact for a performance to not be deemed as a failure). Sri Lanka, in stark comparison, had only four such players. South Africa, for the first time in this tournament, showed why their bowling attack had the joint-best wicket-taking ability (along with New Zealand).